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13. Everything the Republican Party is in 2015

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Thu Nov 26, 2015, 11:04 AM

Nov 2015

is merely the fruit of what started with Reagan and has been growing ever since. None of it should surprise anyone. Anyone who has voted Republican or supported the Republican Party in any way over the last 35 years is complicit in what's going on today.

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Trump knows what the Republican base has become even if mainstream punditry refuse to acknowledge it [View all] kpete Nov 2015 OP

The base??? malaise Nov 2015 #1

I think that is the point... Wounded Bear Nov 2015 #5

Don't forget Steve King, of Iowa. SharonAnn Nov 2015 #7

Looney Goobert - Texas....He's my fave wolfie001 Nov 2015 #18

Lee Atwater, anyone? Bueller? BeyondGeography Nov 2015 #2

The Four Pillars of the Trump Campaign is in this new logo Ichingcarpenter Nov 2015 #3

Very good! gregcrawford Nov 2015 #17

The Four Pillars of Dope wolfie001 Nov 2015 #19

Almost all conservatives are authoritarian to some degree Hortensis Nov 2015 #4

Yes, they are often unquestioning of authority Funtatlaguy Nov 2015 #8

Giving consciences into the care of authority Hortensis Nov 2015 #12

The headline to the OP could not be more accurate or more sad. Justice Nov 2015 #6

Apparently you dont know any republicans Ferd Berfel Nov 2015 #9

I DO know republicans who are not "anti-Semitic and racist right down to their socks." pangaia Nov 2015 #22

I agree, they were probably Rockefeller Republicans and keep voting R and not really LiberalArkie Nov 2015 #30

Yep. You nailed it. The republican's have felt as they do today for many decades. Anytime that... BlueJazz Nov 2015 #25

"The republican base hasn't become anything." Yep. They have been this way for over a century. pampango Nov 2015 #26

You are so correct. Buzz505 Nov 2015 #27

Latent bigotry moondust Nov 2015 #33

The base he is courting is more than comfortable w/being lied to ..... Botany Nov 2015 #10

The wingnuts at my job humbled_opinion Nov 2015 #11

Yes. They are. But the Incredible Shrinking Party is a Hortensis Nov 2015 #14

Everything the Republican Party is in 2015 skepticscott Nov 2015 #13

Yes, totally agree. Hepburn Nov 2015 #23

Not to mention skepticscott Nov 2015 #28

And the list goes on and on. Hepburn Nov 2015 #35

Actually it started with Nixon and his corrupt Presidency. TeamPooka Nov 2015 #32

Trump supporters must have low IQ or something? Rosa Luxemburg Nov 2015 #15

Could also be just less educated, less inquisitive, etc etc.. pangaia Nov 2015 #24

Reagan's "welfare queen" speech given in Mississippi hibbing Nov 2015 #16

Republicans dumb us up, while "smart" Democrats give every fucking job to Asia. It's a perfect evil. whereisjustice Nov 2015 #20

Hateful, totally hateful! Hepburn Nov 2015 #21

That is similar to how germany fell into the clutches of Hitler drray23 Nov 2015 #29

Where's Edward R Morrow when you need him? world wide wally Nov 2015 #31

GOP who claim Trump does not represent them DonCoquixote Nov 2015 #34